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Calgary Retina Consultants   at
Southern Alberta Eye Center
Estimated time to routine appointment: Within 6 months
NON AHS
SERVICE DESCRIPTION
The most advanced vision care facility in Western Canada.

Pioneering an ultra-public model, the physicians and practices within the facility work closely with Alberta Health Services and the University of Calgary to provide patients with convenient, accessible vision care. By bringing together specialists in laser eye surgery, refractive surgery, cataract removal,glaucoma treatment, and pediatric care, the Southern Alberta Eye Center is one of the most complete ophthalmic care facilities in the Canada.
By working collectively, physicians at the Southern Alberta Eye Center are equipped with only most advanced diagnostic and surgical technologies in the field of ophthalmology, many of which, would be inaccessible in an independent practice, or in some cases, in public hospitals. Here, visiting physicians and medical school residents can train in ground breaking surgical methods and gain first hand experience in the tools that are changing the next generation of ophthalmology.
Patients at the Southern Alberta Eye Center receive comprehensive eye care and access to the most sophisticated technologies in the field of ophthalmology.
The most advanced vision care facility in Western Canada.

Pioneering an ultra-public model, the physicians and practices within the facility work closely with Alberta Health Services and the University of Calgary to provide patients with convenient, accessible vision care. By bringing together specialists in laser eye surgery, refractive surgery, cataract removal,glaucoma treatment, and pediatric care, the Southern Alberta Eye Center is one of the most complete ophthalmic care facilities in the Canada.
By working collectively, physicians at the Southern Alberta Eye Center are equipped with only most advanced diagnostic and surgical technologies in the field of ophthalmology, many of which, would be inaccessible in an independent practice, or in some cases, in public hospitals. Here, visiting physicians and medical school residents can train in ground breaking surgical methods and gain first hand experience in the tools that are changing the next generation of ophthalmology.
Patients at the Southern Alberta Eye Center receive comprehensive eye care and access to the most sophisticated technologies in the field of ophthalmology.
ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
Patients with medical conditions of the retina, vitreous and macula.
Patients with medical conditions of the retina, vitreous and macula.
ROUTINE REFERRAL PROCESS
Professional referral from a physician or optometrist is typically required.
Professional referral from a physician or optometrist is typically required.
URGENT REFERRAL PROCESS
Please call the clinic if your referral is urgent and you will be triaged with a technician or doctor.
Please call the clinic if your referral is urgent and you will be triaged with a technician or doctor.
EMERGENCY REFERRAL PROCESS
Call us immediately if you are experiencing an eye emergency and you will be triaged with a technician or doctor. If you are calling outside of our normal open hours, please visit your nearest hospital.
Call us immediately if you are experiencing an eye emergency and you will be triaged with a technician or doctor. If you are calling outside of our normal open hours, please visit your nearest hospital.
COMMUNICATION PROCESS
  • Referral receipt to referring source within 2 days.
  • Wait list status update every 14 days.
  • Appointment outcome to referral source within 30 days.
 
PHONE
403-286-6802
FAX
403-286-6819
REFERRAL FORM
Physician referral letter accepted or contact clinic directly for current referral form.
Physician referral letter accepted or contact clinic directly for current referral form.
CLICK + TO VIEW REFERRAL GUIDELINES
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Routine Reason for Referral
Access Targets convey the clinically appropriate timeframe patients should be seen within, by reason for referral and priority level.
Access Target
Required Information/Investigations
Investigation Timing
Additional Details
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Age related macular degeneration
Medication List (dose, frequency, route)
 
Within 1 month
Past medical history
 
Within 1 month
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Diabetic retinopathy
Medication List (dose, frequency, route)
 
Within 1 month
Past medical history
 
Within 1 month
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Retinal detachment
Medication List (dose, frequency, route)
 
Within 1 month
Past medical history
 
Within 1 month
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Retinal screening
Medication List (dose, frequency, route)
 
Within 1 month
Past medical history
 
Within 1 month
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Uveitis
Medication List (dose, frequency, route)
 
Within 1 month
Past medical history
 
Within 1 month
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Vision care
Medication List (dose, frequency, route)
 
Within 1 month
Past medical history
 
Within 1 month
PATIENT APPOINTMENT INFORMATION
Email
Print
 
MISSED APPOINTMENT GUIDELINES
If you are unable to attend a scheduled appointment, please contact the clinic a minimum of 48 hours in advance.
If you are unable to attend a scheduled appointment, please contact the clinic a minimum of 48 hours in advance.
 
HOURS OF OPERATION
Monday: 08:00 am - 04:00 pm
Tuesday: 08:00 am - 04:00 pm
Wednesday: 08:00 am - 04:00 pm
Thursday: 08:00 am - 04:00 pm
Friday: 08:00 am - 04:00 pm
   
 
ADDRESS
5340-1st SW
Calgary Alberta
T2H 0C8
PATIENT APPOINTMENT INSTRUCTIONS
 
DIRECTIONS
Off of Macleod Trail. Corner of 53 Ave SW and 1 St SW.
Off of Macleod Trail. Corner of 53 Ave SW and 1 St SW.
 
PHONE
403-286-6802
PATIENT RESOURCES
 
PARKING INSTRUCTIONS
Paid parking is available. 5$ for 4 hours, and 10$ for 8 hours
Paid parking is available. 5$ for 4 hours, and 10$ for 8 hours
 
EMAIL
WEBSITE
https://calgaryretina.ca
VIRTUAL APPOINTMENT INFORMATION
Not available at this time.
Not available at this time.
 
PARKING MAP
There is currently no parking map available for this site.
There is currently no parking map available for this site.
 
WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBILITY

The primary purpose of the All Locations list is to let the user easily access any location of a healthcare service without going back to the main search screen.

The locations listed have 3 background colors:
  • Green means the healthcare service@location has referral information attached to it.
  • Brown means the healthcare service@location never had referral information attached to it, or it has unpublished referral information.
  • Red means
    • IA changed the healthcare service@location's status to something other than Current
    • It was deleted if it is an ARD healthcare service@location.
Green  and Brown are always at the top of the list. These are the Healthcare Service@Locations with the status of Current.
The Red list at the bottom consists of non-current Healthcare Service@locations that once had Published referral information in the ARD.
If the referral information was never published in ARD the Healthcare Service@location will not show in the Red list.

The secondary purpose of the All Locations list is to allow ARD Administrators to recover (copy) referral information from the non-current Healthcare Service@Locations to ones that are current.

Common Scenario:
A Healthcare Service moves from one location to another. In this case the IA Healthcare Service@Location record will be made defunct (non-current) and a new Healthcare Service@Location record will be created with a current status. In this scenario the captured referral guidelines in ARD can become "orphaned" as they are not attached to any current IA healthcare service.

Categories of non-current or orphaned referral guidelines: INDIVIDUAL and COMMON.
The REFERRAL GUIDELINES section of the profile has the prefix INDIVIDUAL or COMMON to help you choose the method below when transferring referral guidelines from a non-current Healthcare Service@Location to a current healthcare service@location.

Individual referral process
  1. Click on a non-current (Red) Healthcare Service@Location at the bottom of the All Locations list.
  2. The non-current referral info is displayed with the link Copy this Referral Process to another Healthcare Service@Location link on the upper right hand corner. Click on the copy link.
  3. Choose a current location (Green or Brown) from the All Locations list. This will be the Healthcare Service@Location you are pasting the referral info into.
  4. The system will display the Edit Referral Info screen populated with the referral info from the non-current Healthcare Service@Location you viewed in the first step.
  5. Click Save and the referral info is transferred from the non-current Healthcare Service@Location to the current one.
  6. Repeat these steps for each Healthcare Service@Location that needs attention.

Common referral process - 2 sub cases.
Case 1: At least 1 current Healthcare Service@Location with common referral info is with current status for this healthcare service; One or more Healthcare Healthcare Service@Locations where replaced by new one.
  1. Click on any current Healthcare Service@Location whether it has referral info (Green) or not (Brown).
  2. The healthcare service location opens in the Edit Referral Info screen populated with the current common referral info.
  3. Save it. 
  4. All locations will be updated with the common referral information, including all the locations that don't have referral info yet (Brown). The non-current referrals (Red) will also be updated.
Case 2:  All Healthcare Healthcare Service@Locations for a healthcare service are set to a non-current status and replaced by new ones. In this case there is no current additional referral info to copy from, so the only alternative is to pick up the non-current common referral process (Red). Follow the steps described in the section Individual Referral Process above to copy/paste the non-current common referral info to the current healthcare service locations.
Generally we want to replicate current common referral info to new or replaced healthcare service locations. We only resort to copying non-current common referral info if there is no other option.

Remember: Some fields can be location specific with the common referral process:
Parking Instructions, Directions, Parking Map, Wait Time, Referral Phone or Referral Fax.
To update these items you have to edit each Healthcare Service@Location separately.

ADDITONAL NOTES:
  • The info icon after the All Locations drop down will be visible to ARD Administrators.
  • The system doesn't allow you to copy referral information from one non-current Healthcare Service@Location to another.

 

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